This French guy sure has been having fun...

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:47 pm

Scroll down page and find a 4001 copy in the making...

http://perso.orange.fr/atelkof/Atelkof_fra/Atelkof_05.htm

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:12 pm

How on earth did you find that site Sergio? I am sure JH will take a very dim view of that fellows handiwork.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:23 pm

About one hour ago I was googlin' and typed "Rickenbacker Bass" to see pics of my favorite bass guitar

, to stumble upon that site a few pages on.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:27 pm

Mais sa basse n'est pas encore ~~finie~~... um, ~~terminee~~... ah, complete!
Oops, sorry. His job is not completed yet... curious what he'd get in the end.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:45 pm

Maybe a lawsuit...

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:28 pm

"La Rickenbacker Bass™ : 4001-S Reissue"

Hey, give him a break, at LEAST he used the ™ in his description.....NOT!

What a MOOCH!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:41 pm

The guy does do some nice work.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:42 pm

A 4001S with body binding? Come on!

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:59 pm

Haha! Yeah.
Granted, he seems to know his stuff, BUT... il finira par se faire planter, faites-moi confiance. Et ces dessins, où les a-t-il trouvés? C'est John Hall qui lui va en faire mauvaise mine, croyez-moi.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:03 pm

La Kubicki Factor? La barf!!! Or is it "le barf"? Not sure if "barf" is masculine or feminine...

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:56 pm

A perfect example of someone who desperately need his (or her) own design!
Or maybe a collaboration with another artist to come up with an original design.
They look to be well made basses.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:05 pm

How does the copyright and patent thing work? If he is making them for himself and not selling them does he violate any laws? Are the Rickenbacker copyrights and patents international?

I've never really looked into these things.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:33 pm

He is violating trademarks. Patents and copyrights are different animals.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:19 pm

Trademarks! I knew I was missing something. Thanks Ted.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:52 pm

Here's an old (1999) news item from the RIC corporate site about this issue:

http://www.rickenbacker.com/news_item.asp?news_id=15&news=old